Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Hunter Barco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 725

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	12
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.13
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	11.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	8

Walks	‐	9

ERA	‐	7.71

WHIP	‐	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	14.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.13

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
News
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Pirates recalled LHP Hunter Barco from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	David Festa suffered renewed discomfort in his right shoulder following his third live batting practice session and is undergoing evaluation to determine next steps. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th	Hunter Barco is scheduled to visit team doctors with the Pirates on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Festa was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in September and is now dealing with a right shoulder impingement on top of that. He was shut down in late February, received an injection to address the impingement, and has only recently returned to throwing. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th	The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	Festa was shut down in late February with a shoulder impingement and received an injection to address the issue. He threw at 60 feet Thursday and 75 feet Friday as he begins working his way back. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Hunter Barco (2026)

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